 | A New Reading of the Book of Job | | The author offers a new, hypermodern commentary on the Book of Job - a new way of reading it as a case report: the case of Job versus God! The essay analyzes the many multicultural elements which are combined in the Book, and offers an explanation of why the Book is so moving to us, even today. Along the way, it analyzes the genre of the book, and the ironic elements of the book, and even suggests that the book is a very early record of a psychoterapy or "intervention". |
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 | Contract and Property | | Lurking in the background of the Global Financial Crisis that hit the pavement in 2008, is something called "securitization" - the practice of pooling loans and other obligations and turning them into property that can be bought and sold. Here is a brief excerpt from Tamar Frankel's authoritative treatise on the subject exploring the differences between contract and property and suggesting how those differences impact the regulation of securitization. This excerpt has been augmented and turned into a "layered" book, in our style. |
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 | Fiduciary Law: Why Now? | | A version of the paper read by Mr. Chodos at the Conference held Oct. 30, 2010 at Boston University, on Fiduciary Law. |
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 | gBooks for Law Schools | | A short statement of why we believe our eBook library has special value for law schools and law students. |
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 | Hideaway vs. Superior Court (MaryJane'sRPI) | | A fictional case constructed to make fun of present-day electronic discovery rules. See if you agree with the ideas, even though they are presented with a large dollop of sarcasm! |
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 | Hypothetical Cases | | A collection of hypothetical questions, with questions and answers in the style of the responsa prudentium of Roman Imperial times, or of the questions and answers (שאלות ותשובות) of the Jewish פוסקיםposkim. Best viewed in PORTRAIT mode. |
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 | Is POTUS a Fiduciary? | | In these trying times we are asking ourselves what obligations the president has. Is he a fiduciary? This short essay offers an answer. |
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 | Jack & the Beanstalk | | (c)Rafael Chodos 2000, 2010 This is a variation of the old English folk tale, Jack & the Beanstalk. But it is presented as a lawsuit - with deep analysis and some tongue in cheek. Enjoy! |
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 | Law as Society's Quest for Integrity | | We all believe that litigation is a means of peaceful dispute resolution. But it also has a deeper purpose: it is part of society's on-going quest for integrity in interpersonal affairs. This essay tries to say exactly what that means. |
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 | LawGames | | Pure recreation - with a little information to back it up! This gBook is meant to be a discussion forum, where everyone who reads it is encouraged to put his oar in! |
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 | Mock Trial #1: eBooks/Giotto | | (c) Rafael Chodos 2008 and 2011
Mock Trial materials developed for course titled "Law, Ethics and the Enterprise" taught at Drucker School of Management April 2008. |
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 | Short Papers on Privacy | | A series of short papers and related materials, dealing with privacy: what is it? why is it so difficult to protect it? The issue is legal, philosophical, and of intense current interest as invasions of our privacy become more and more rampant. |
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 | The Chariot of the Law | | Remembering Plato's discussion, in the Phaedrus, of how the soul is a chariot drawn by two horses, we can think of the law, also, as a chariot drawn by two horses: one of the horses is Bureaucracy, and the other is the Quest for justice. This short essay presents this idea, and explores some of its implications. |
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 | The Law of Fiduciary Duties, 2d Edition | | (c) Rafael Chodos 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013
Mr. Chodos' major treatise on the LAW OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES. 1700 pages long in the first edition, printed and distributed in 2000. The new edition includes cases since 2000, and additional content and features. Subscribe to this library, or to the standalone eBook edition at fiduciaryduties.net. |
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 | The Professions | | (c) Rafael Chodos 2011 A short piece about the transformation of the law into an "industry" and how this impacts its continuing ability to be a "profession." |
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 | The Romeo and Juliet Litigation | | (c) Rafael Chodos 2011
The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets has been resolved - but now the two families cooperate on a new kind of feud: litigation against the Catholic Church for the wrongful death of Romeo and Juliet. Read how the Special Master, assigned by the Duke of Verona to adjudicate the matter, ruled. |
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 | The Three Who Were Betrayed | | (c) Rafael Chodos 2000
One of the three LEGAL FAIRY TALES included in the first edition of THE LAW OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES, this timeless story in the style of the Arabian Nights involves romance, magic, mystery, treachery, and fiduciary law! |
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